Applications
Everyone uses applications on a daily basis. Building, integrating and running them requires quite a bit from people and systems. Application development has recently undergone a huge metamorphosis. In particular, the emergence of cloud-native application development has caused fundamental changes. AI, especially GenAI, has also caused a major shift. Finally, the world’s largest OS, Microsoft Windows, also makes regular appearances on this page. You will stay up to date on all relevant application developments here.
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IBM customers can get their hands on Meta’s LLaMA 2 model
IBM is expanding its enterprise AI platform watsonx with help from Meta. The LLaMA 2 LLM will be available fo...
Microsoft’s 365 Copilot optimizes field workers’ schedules, travel times
Microsoft recently introduced a series of mostly Microsoft 365 solutions that help field employees of mostly ...
Google introduces e-signature feature in Google Workspace
Google is introducing electronic signature functionality for Google Workspace customers in an open beta. The ...
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Lightbend illuminates cloud-native application development
Building true cloud-native applications is, obviously, not as simple as ‘spinning up’ a cloud instance, r...
EU opens investigation into Adobe’s Figma acquisition after previous risk analysis
The European Commission will officially open an in-depth investigation into Adobe's acquisition of Figma. A p...
ChatGPT writes incorrect (but convincing) code half the time
ChatGPT produces incorrect code about half the time. This is what researchers at Purdue University have disco...
Bing Chat no longer avoids competitors’ mobile browsers
Bing Chat is coming to all mobile web browsers. The AI assistant was previously found only on Microsoft's own...
WhatsApp is testing group voice chats for up to 32 users
The latest beta version of WhatsApp on Android has a brand new voice chat feature. Up to 32 people can join a...
Microsoft Teams-Free is the new name for Windows 11’s Chat app
Microsoft has renamed Chat, an app with minimal Teams functionality, in the latest Windows 11 Preview Build 2...
Microsoft Loop now generally available for Windows
The Microsoft Loop application is now generally available for Windows through the Microsoft Store. The applic...